Qamil Xhureta: I am a candidate with Berisha’s endorsement, but the PD is backing the independent. The head of the Socialist Party in Tepelenë is beaten, after filming children at Berisha’s rally in the city CLASHES IN SHKODËR, TOPALLI’S PEOPLE “SABOTAGE” THE CAMPAIGN OF THE MAYOR THE PD-PR COALITION SPLITS Alliance candidate: The Democrats betrayed me Qamil Xhureta: I am a candidate with Berisha’s endorsement, but the PD is backing the independent. The head of the Socialist Party in Tepelenë is beaten, after filming children at Berisha’s rally in the city By BRIKENA SHLLAKU The right-wing coalition “Alliance for the Citizen” is breaking apart. The representative of the Republican Party running for mayor in the municipality of Bërdicë publicly denounced yesterday the “betrayal” that, according to him, the leading figures of the PD in Shkodër are committing by openly supporting the independent candidate, Besnik Tahiri. Qamil Xhureta, the current mayor of the municipality of Bërdicë, who is running again for this post, denounced the PD’s action, which, he said, has openly gone against the agreement of the “Alliance for the Citizen”. According to him, “on 28 March,..... Continues on pages 2-3

THE ALLIANCE FOR THE CITIZEN CANDIDATE PRESENTS THE PLATFORM On pages 10-11

Yesterday in “The Guardian” By NICHOLAS GRIEF Recent NATO airstrikes in Tripoli raise the stakes and make the questions about the legitimacy of targeting the Libyan leader personally even more complex. ... Continues on page 28 Should Gaddafi be the target?

Opinion of the Day BY KIÇO BLUSHI The mind at the CEC, its media monitoring board, and of course the attention of the candidates of the main parties, has gone through a very rough day.... Continues on page 29 When the mirror is to blame

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American archives from ’49 revealed: The war law is still in force Penetration into Albania, CIA agents seek support from Albanians in the diaspora. The agency suggests that the U.S. government speak out against the Greeks “Greece’s border claims are considered by the United States to be ethnically unfounded, strategically of very little value, and historically baseless” (In the photo) CIA headquarters in the USA (right) Facsimile of the CIA secret report on Albanian-Greek relations Penetration into Albania, CIA agents seek support from Albanians in the diaspora. The agency suggests that the U.S. government speak out against the Greeks “Greece’s border claims are considered by the United States to be ethnically unfounded, strategically of very little value, and historically baseless” On pages 12-13

Measures, Task Force in every hospital The women would not give the patients their medication, but forced them to buy it at the pharmacy By KLODIANA LALA We don’t have this medicine. You must buy it yourself, because it is very necessary. They would make a fuss and take it from the maternity pharmacy...” In this way, two chief midwives at the Obstetric-Gynecological Hospital “Mbretëresha Geraldinë” in Tirana earned millions unlawfully, selling the medicines for their own benefit, medicines that in fact were supposed to be given to the patients. The specialized Task-Force unit has completed the investigation into the scandal of medicine sales near the maternity hospital... On page 8